Saturday, January 19, 2008
Slept in. My favorite breakfast at home with Patrick except he made bacon instead of sausage. Tried uploading 2 photos with Flickr Uploadr 3.0.2 for OS X and again the photos uploaded successfully but I still received a script error from Uploadr. Uploadr 3.0.x for OS X is still messed up. Tried uploading 13 photos with Flickr Uploadr 3.0.2 for Windows XP, got the "Houston, we have a problem" error message again. Uninstalled Flickr Uploadr 3.0.2 for XP. Installed Flickr Uploadr 2.5 for XP. Tried uploading 13 photos with Flickr Uploadr 2.5 for XP—success with no errors! Uninstalled Flickr Uploadr 3.0.2 for OS X. Installed Flickr Uploadr 2.3.1 for OS X. Tried uploading 3 photos with Flickr Uploadr 2.3.1 for OS X—success with no errors! Disabled a lot of unneeded services in my Windows XP virtual machine. Uninstalled Windows Desktop Search which I never used to see if it prevents occasional music skipping when played in Winamp through XP through VMWare Fusion. Uploaded photos to Flickr—everything works as expected now that I've stopped using Uploadr 3.0.x. Sound stopped working in Fusion today, and I spent over an hour troubleshooting it and could not fix it. It was working fine earlier this morning. Helped Patrick install the Microsoft LifeCam NX-6000 webcam that my sister's family gave us for Christmas. It works. Installed Yahoo Messenger for Mac on the iMac. There doesn't seem to be any non-beta IM client for OS X that is multi-platform, multi-protocol, and also does video chat. Moved the miniStack to the rack mount and rearranged cables. Plugged the Tripp-Lite SmartPro UPS into the iMac, but OS X didn't detect it, and Tripp-Lite doesn't provide any software for OS X. Reminder to self: purchase APC or Belkin next time. Started using CERT's RSS feed to stay current with vulnerability alerts. Backed up Sage settings. Prepared a package for mailing. Wrote a thank you note. I still have the slightest remains of congestion from my 6-week-long cold. Almost completely better now. Cut my hair, showered. Dinner at home with Patrick: beef jambalaya, dinner rolls. A recent Apple software update seems to have fixed some broken things when viewing DVDs in Front Row. Previously there was no way to navigate DVD menus, and I think this has been fixed or improved but have not fully tested it. Watched Amazing Stories "The Main Attraction" and Wash West's The Fluffer (2001) on Netflix instant play. The power went out this evening. Archived documents. Registered key codes with Kensington.